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Terry, who had gone into hospice care after suffering from
diabetes, "has joined the big band in heaven where he'll be
singing and playing with the angels", Gwen Terry said on the
musician's Facebook page.
"He left us peacefully, surrounded by his family, students and
friends."
Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Terry won fame after serving
several years in the navy, playing with Count Basie and Duke
Ellington from the late 1940s through the 1950s, before joining
The Tonight Show band, where he played under its famed
bandleader Doc Severinsen.
According to his website, Terry is one of the most recorded
musicians in the history of jazz, with more than 900 recordings
with names such as Oscar Peterson, Dizzy Gillespie, Dinah
Washington, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Billy Strayhorn and
Thelonious Monk.
Terry also headed up his own bands, including Clark Terry’s Big
Bad Band and Clark Terry’s Young Titans of Jazz.
In 2010 Terry was presented a Lifetime Achievement Grammy award.
He was also nominated for Grammys, the music industry's top
honor, three times.
Among many other honors, the French and Austrian governments
presented Terry their Arts and Letters Awards, and he was
knighted in Germany.
In his later years, Terry directed his attention toward music
education.
Terry published his autobiography, "Clark: The Autobiography of
Clark Terry", in 2011.
(Reporting by Chris Michaud; Editing by Alison Williams)
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